Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Glossary
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Sarcoidosis: Disease of unknown cause characterized by the formation of granulomatous inflammation in many organs
SCCOR: Specialized Center of Clinically Oriented Research
Scleroid: Hard or hardened, indurated
Scleroma: An abnormally hard patch of bodily tissue
Sclerosis: Thickening or hardening of a body part from the abnormal accumulation of connective tissue
SCOR: Specialized Center for Research
Sequela: A pathological condition resulting from a disease
Sepsis: A condition caused by the bacterial contamination of blood from a festering wound; also known as blood poisoning
Septum: A thin partition or membrane between two cavities
Silicosis: Lung condition from the inhalation of silica particles
Somatic Cell: A bodily cell other than a germ cell
Spirograph: An instrument for registering the depth and rapidity of respiratory movements
Spirometer: An instrument for measuring the volume of air entering and leaving the lungs
Stellate: Arranged or shaped like a star, radiating from a center
Stem cells: Cells from which any type of cell may derive
Stroma: Supporting tissue of organs
Surfactant: Surface active substance that reduces surface forces of water in the lung
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Tachypnea: Excessively rapid respiration
T cells: Small white blood cells that orchestrate immune defenses
TGF-beta: Transforming growth factor-beta, a factor that is central to wound repair
Therapeutic: Having healing or curative powers
Thoracotomy: Surgical incision of the chest wall
Titers: Concentration of a substance in solution
TLC: Total lung capacity, the total amount of air in the lung at full inspiration
TNF-alpha: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha, a cytokine that amplifies inflammation
Tomography: Any of several techniques for making x-ray pictures of a predetermined plane section of a solid object by blurring out the images of other planes
Tubercle: Nodule or swelling, lesion of tuberculosis
Tuberculosis: Lesions of the lung, bone caused by a microorganism called Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
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UIP: Usual Interstitial Pneumonia, the abnormal pattern of lung tissue associated with IPF
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VC: Vital capacity of lung, the amount of air that can be maximally expelled after full inspiration
Virus: Submicroscopic microbe that can live only in live cells
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